ARAM Destroys Your MMR

IziMytTJd7··2 votes·5,372 views

Let me start off by saying that your normal game mmr is tied between summoners' rift and ARAM. This is a tragedy for anyone who likes to play both games on the same account.

You see, if you spend enough time playing ARAM, your mmr will inflate severely, especially if you play enough to learn the tricks and methods of winning in that game mode. When you decide to play on summoners' rift, you will be forced to play against people up to 2-3 divisions above you (skill-wise). If you find this hard to believe, here you go:

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This issue pretty much encourages the use or ARAM-only accounts, which only skew the ARAM experience. I currently have two accounts in which I am dissuaded from playing normal summoners' rift games because my mmr is severely inflated.

The fix here is pretty simple; separate summoners' rift mmr and ARAM mmr. I did want to expose this issue but unfortunately I doubt anything will be done.

8 Comments

Leti the Yeti2 votes

I actually wanna play with better people without having to go do ranked fkmerite?

IziMytTJd71 votes

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I actually wanna play with better people without having to go do ranked fkmerite?

Yeah I have the same general feeling. But if you are playing with people who are just better than you, you don't want to be "that guy" who lets his team down. You want to win.

Bresn2 votes

Riot doesn't a give a shit.

Sailor Mint2 votes

I've tanked my ARAM MMR on at least 3 different occasions with no impact on other queues. If anything, my normal MMR appears to be closer to my ranked MMR.

ARAM MMR: ~1300 Normal SR: ~1650 Ranked Solo: ~1700

Sasogwa2 votes

Too bad ARAM and normal already have separated MMR

ActuallyArrow1 votes

Wow, you'd think that wouldn't be an issue...

AnarchAL1 votes

I doubt this is true or it would work in reverse and allow people to cheat the ranked system, which would discredit the entire LCS, which Riot wouldn't, and hasn't allowed (unless you think Faker is a faker). [zombie-brand-facepalm]

Miku Lv991 votes

ARAM MMR, normal SR MMR, and ranked MMR are all completely independent and you can't destroy any one of them by playing in another mode.

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